Surah At-Tawbah (التوبة) • The Repentance

Quran 9:12

9:12

وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ ۙ إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَـٰنَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَ

wa-in nakathū aymānahum min baʿdi ʿahdihim waṭaʿanū fī dīnikum faqātilū a-immata l-kuf'ri innahum lā aymāna lahum laʿallahum yantahūna

And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then combat the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that] they might cease.

— Saheeh International

But if they break their oath after having made an agreement with you, if they revile your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief- oaths mean nothing to them- so that they may stop.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But if they violate their oaths after their covenant, and attack your religion with disapproval and criticism, then fight (you) the leaders of disbelief (chiefs of Quraish pagans of Makkah) - for surely their oaths are nothing to them - so that they may stop (evil actions).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَإِنwa-inAnd if
نَّكَثُوٓا۟nakathūthey break
أَيْمَـٰنَهُمaymānahumtheir oaths
مِّنۢminafter
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
عَهْدِهِمْʿahdihimtheir treaty
وَطَعَنُوا۟waṭaʿanūand defame
فِىfī[in]
دِينِكُمْdīnikumyour religion
فَقَـٰتِلُوٓا۟faqātilūthen fight
أَئِمَّةَa-immatathe leaders
ٱلْكُفْرِۙl-kuf'ri(of) [the] disbelief
إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
لَآlāno
أَيْمَـٰنَaymānaoaths
لَهُمْlahumfor them
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَنتَهُونَyantahūnacease